Annotation:Gooseberry Blossoms

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GOOSEBERRY BLOSSOMS. AKA and see "Cock Your Pistol Charlie (1)," "Captain Murray's Reel." English, Irish; Reel (2/4 time), Country or Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time) or part of Running Set. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was published by Playford, but seems to be quite ancient, having antecedents in Continental Europe. A reel setting of the tune was entered into vol. 2 of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper biography:James Goodman.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 26. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 76. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 59. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 912, p. 231.

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